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The rise of terrorist Group ISIS supported by the US government

An interview with retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), given to Al Jazeera's Mehdi Hasan, confirms earlier suspicions that Washington was monitoring jihadist groups emerging as opposition in Syria-Flynn believes the US government didn't listen to his agency on purpose.

"I think it was a decision. I think it was a willful decision," the former DIA chief said.